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Women's Studies

The Journal of Social Encounters

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Women

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Review Of Political Invisibility And Mobilization: Women Against State Violence In Argentina, Yugoslavia, And Liberia, Marian Azab Mar 2023

Review Of Political Invisibility And Mobilization: Women Against State Violence In Argentina, Yugoslavia, And Liberia, Marian Azab

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No abstract provided.


Review Of Champions For Peace: Women Winners Of The Nobel Peace Prize, Patricia M. Mische Aug 2021

Review Of Champions For Peace: Women Winners Of The Nobel Peace Prize, Patricia M. Mische

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No abstract provided.


Review Of Women As War Criminals: Gender, Agency, And Justice, Christi Siver Aug 2021

Review Of Women As War Criminals: Gender, Agency, And Justice, Christi Siver

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No abstract provided.


Peacebuilding, Liberian Women, And The Invisible Hand Of Conflict In The Postwar Era, Selina Gallo-Cruz, Renée Remsberg Aug 2021

Peacebuilding, Liberian Women, And The Invisible Hand Of Conflict In The Postwar Era, Selina Gallo-Cruz, Renée Remsberg

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Liberian women gained international acclaim for their courage and persistence in bringing warring factions into a peace agreement in 2003, after a 14-year-long civil war that devastated the country, with over 250,000 killed, millions displaced, and a population left traumatized and in political and economic ruin. This study explores the challenges that women have faced in the years following the civil war with a focus on whether the international community has supported women’s advancements in Liberia. We find that while some efforts to support gender mainstreaming have been helpful, there remain serious political, economic, and social inequalities that threaten both …


“Wepeace” And Women Peacekeeping In The Philippines, Arlyssa Bianca Pabotoy Aug 2021

“Wepeace” And Women Peacekeeping In The Philippines, Arlyssa Bianca Pabotoy

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The “Women’s Agency in Keeping the Peace, Promoting Security” or “WePeace” is an initiative to capacitate selected community women in the Philippines on gender-responsive peacemaking and peacekeeping. This essay describes how the project has helped form women peacekeeping teams and enabled women’s increased participation in existing peacekeeping mechanisms. The community women are from four different areas in the country facing different conflict lines: tribal wars, clan wars or “rido”, internal displacement, and development aggression.


Introduction To Volume 5, Issue 2, Joseph Okumu, Ron Pagnucco Aug 2021

Introduction To Volume 5, Issue 2, Joseph Okumu, Ron Pagnucco

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No abstract provided.